More and more Kenyans are connecting to the Internet, most frequently from mobile devices. There are, of course, big benefits to increased connectivity. These include the rise of mobile money transactions and access to
In a significant development in South Africa’s telecommunications sector, Cell C has signed a roaming agreement with MTN that will allow its customer’s to roam on the latter’s network. It’s the first time that Cell C will have access
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod has a wide-ranging discussion via the Internet with Steve Song, the Canadian-born telecommunications policy and regulatory expert who has
In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod speaks on an Internet call with Cell C chief legal officer Graham Mackinnon about the multibillion-rand 3G and 4G/LTE roaming agreement his company has just signed with
MTN has kick-started the process of listing shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange. The telecommunications group said in a statement on Tuesday that MTN Ghana has launched an initial public offering, which will be
For the first time in its 130-year history, De Beers will sell diamond jewellery made in a lab rather than underground over billions of years. The move is a historic shift for the world’s biggest diamond miner
Like politics, religion and economics, money is a social construct. Money is no more than a collective system of trust. If you sell a bicycle for R500, you trust that the R500 cash the buyer gives you will be fungible for food or electricity
The Public Investment Corp is looking into how Africa’s biggest money manager decided to spend R4.3bn to back last year’s initial public offering of IT company Ayo Technology Solutions. The PIC, which manages
The University of Pretoria and MultiChoice South Africa have partnered to develop scarce artificial intelligence skills in South Africa, specifically in machine-learning technology. MultiChoice has sponsored a research
The companies behind two of the world’s most popular video games are squaring off in court. PUBG, an affiliate of South Korean studio Bluehole, is suing the Korean unit of North Carolina-based Epic Games, arguing that its smash